Grants Pass (3)

Our stay in Grants Pass is rapidly coming to an end - on Monday we fly to Phoenix and spend the last 10 days of our US holiday there. Scott and Lucy will be joining us for the last 4/5 days after attending Braeden's school graduation.

Last night, everyone got their best togs on - Lucy had arranged a professional photo session, which took place in All Sports park on a beautiful evening. We'll see the photographer's efforts later but here's a few I took:

Over an hour of posing and grinning and we were then ready for some beer and pizza so we headed to Wild River Brewery, where the food was good but the service was poor - particularly by American standards - and the ambience wasn't great either - the place needs a bit of an update.

We travelled to Ashland on Lucy's birthday and had a nice lunch in the Brickroom, followed by a stroll round the shops and a couple of beers, the last of which was at the new SKOUT taproom:

Saturday was cool and occasionally showery which was a pity as the main street downtown was completely lined with locals, sitting, standing, some in gazebos, to watch the Boatnik parade. We had our usual Saturday morning coffees at The Weekend with Lucy and Audrey running there and me cycling.

On Sunday we all took a drive out to Waters Creek and went for a hike there. It was Philly's first outing and it was all too much for her - she had to be carried the last bit, initially by Cade until he slipped and twisted his ankle, whereupon Scott took over:

On Monday - Memorial Day - after a very early start at Applegate GC for Scott and I, we drove over to Rich and Jen England's to watch the finale of the Boatnik weekend festival. Their house has a grand river view and a huge decking area. There was a (very) brief fly past of a Jet Fighter and then the jet boat race started - 18 boats with a Le Mans style start - 4 legs up and down the river to Robertson bridge. They were so fast, I only managed to (just) catch one with my phone:

On Tuesday it was back to work for Scott and Lucy whilst Jo and I headed back to Table Rock to do the Lower trails this time:

Wednesday was a day to relax until the evening photo shoot and today (Thursday) is heading the same way. Sleep was a little disturbed last night - after the usual loo visit, trying to get back to sleep, first there was Braeden's 4:15 am alarm, then after that, the neighbour's dogs started their morning howling session, followed by Jo fumbling around, apparently trying to get in to Lucy's bedroom when she was looking for the bathroom in the dark!